v0.17.0

What's Changed

• use better random seeds and tell others about it by @sappelhoff in #1340
• gh upload artifact: also hidden files by @sappelhoff in #1341
• [MRG] Adding eye tracking to ch map by @christian-oreilly in #1344
• reduce non-determinism in tests by @drammock in #1347
• optionally return event_id dict from read_raw_bids, and use value column from events file if present by @drammock in #1349
• fix eager dtype conversion of value column by @drammock in #1353
• FIX: Support UTF-8 encoding for JSON files by @scott-huberty in #1357
• FIX: Use "recording" for recording entity, not "rec" by @scott-huberty in #1359
• bump required mne version by @sappelhoff in #1361
• allow get_entity_vals to ignore sidecars by @drammock in #1362
• [MRG] Update empty-room matching to look for and prioritize same-session recordings with task "noise" (closes #1354) by @berkgercek in #1364
• maint: update comment in conf.py by @drammock in #1367
• WIP Rework mne bids path match by @waldie11 in #1355
• BUG: Fix bug with path search by @larsoner in #1379
• auto-gen a GeneratedBy dict by @drammock in #1384
• os.path to pathlib: part 1 / n by @sappelhoff in #1339
• Fix BIDSPath partially matching a value by @PierreGtch in #1388
• more op to path conversions by @sappelhoff in #1391
• Refactor _handle_events_reading to allow extracting annotation information stand-alone by @matthiasdold in #1389
• allow more linkcheck retries by @sappelhoff in #1394
• fix links for linkcheck by @sappelhoff in #1396
• Add python 3.13 by @sappelhoff in #1400
• Gracefully handle absence of bids-validator, and allow running it through npx by @hoechenberger in #1404
• counteract flaky test by @sappelhoff in #1409
• Pass extra columns in events.tsv to the Annotations by @PierreGtch in #1401
• [MRG] Ensure check is passed to update function by @teonbrooks in #1411
• Require root, subject, task attributes for read_raw_bids by @teonbrooks in #1414
• FIX, DOC: Dont pair recording parameter w/ rec BIDS entity by @scott-huberty in #1417
• add T2w to suffix allowlist by @harrisonritz in #1420
• Escape period in extension regex by @nathan-az in #1433
• MAINT: Prep for release by @larsoner in #1437
• MAINT: Fix dep for release by @larsoner in #1438

New Contributors

• @christian-oreilly made their first contribution in #1344
• @berkgercek made their first contribution in #1364
• @waldie11 made their first contribution in #1355
• @matthiasdold made their first contribution in #1389
• @harrisonritz made their first contribution in #1420
• @nathan-az made their first contribution in #1433

Full Changelog: v0.16.0...v0.17.0